Building a championship football team

About this eBook

Author

Bryant, Paul W., 1913-1983

Original Publication

United States: Prentice-Hall,1960.

Credits

Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Football

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68466

Release Date

July 6, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Dedication
3. 3.Acknowledgment
4. 4.A Real Competitor
5. 5.Table of Contents
6. 6.Building a CHAMPIONSHIP Football Team — CHAPTER 1 Why Football? — FOOTBALL IS MORE THAN A GAME — FOOTBALL IS THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL — FOOTBALL IS THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE — The Game’s Intrinsic Values — The Greatest Display of Courage
7. 7.CHAPTER 2 The Theory of Winning Football — HOW TO START BUILDING A WINNER — The Administration Must Believe in Your Plan — The Coach Must Have a Long Term Contract — The Coach Must Be Dedicated and Tough Mentally — You Must Have a Definite Plan — You Must Have a Good Staff — THE TYPE OF BOY = SUCCESS OR FAILURE — The Players Must Be Dedicated — Our Boys Must Have the Desire to Excel — You Must Beat Your Opponent Physically — Genuine All-Out Desire for Team Victory — Must Be a Leader and a Good Student — You Can’t See Into the Heart of a Boy — GOOD ORGANIZATION—A BIG FACTOR IN BUILDING WINNERS — Use the Ant Plan — CONCLUSION
8. 8.CHAPTER 3 Making the Most of the Coaching Staff — ASSISTANT COACH: TYPE OF MAN — A Dedicated Person, Hard Worker, Loyal — Initiative and Ambition — Honesty and Integrity — A Sound Thinker With a Good Understanding of the Game — DIVISION OF COACHING DUTIES — Assistant Coaches Direct Group Work — The Coaching Specialist — Delegating Responsibility — A Good Coach Is a Good Teacher — CONCLUSION
9. 9.CHAPTER 4 Defense: Our Kind of Football — DEFENSIVE OBJECTIVES — The Offensive-Minded Defense — Sell Them On Defensive Football — Defense Is a Personal Challenge — DEFENSIVE AXIOMS — Defense—A Team Proposition — Gang Tackling—A Defensive Must — OUR DEFENSIVE NUMBERING SYSTEM AND TERMINOLOGY — Advantages of a Defensive Numbering System — PLAYING OUR DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUES — The 0 Technique — The 1 Technique — The 2 Technique — The 3 Technique — The 4 Technique — The 5 Technique — The 6 Technique — The 7 Technique — The 8 Technique — The 9 Technique — OUR DEFENSIVE STANCE — OUR SURPRISE DEFENSE — OUR VICTORY DEFENSE — OUR GOAL LINE DEFENSE — A SPLIT-T DEFENSE — OUR DEFENSE VERSUS AN UNBALANCED LINE — ADJUSTMENTS VERSUS BACKS AND ENDS FLANKED — OUR DEFENSES VERSUS THE SINGLE WING OFFENSE — CONCLUSION
10. 10.CHAPTER 5 Pass Defense: Objectives and Tactics — PASS DEFENSE OBJECTIVES — Rushing the Passer — Holding Up Receivers — Covering the Areas — OUR FIVE-SPOKE PASS DEFENSE — Keys for the 5-Spoke Defenders — Dividing the Areas — OUR PASS COVERAGE — Coverage of Straight Drop Back Pass — Coverage of an Action Pass — Pass Defense Versus Broken Backfield (Straight Drop Back Pass) — Pass Defense Versus Action Pass With Broken Backfield — Pass Defense Versus End Out — Pass Defense Versus a Flanked Back and a Split End to Opposite Sides — PASS DEFENSE BY POSITIONS — ADVANTAGES OF THE 5-SPOKE PASS DEFENSE — THE 4-SPOKE PASS DEFENSE — Advantages of the 4-Spoke Defense — The 4-Spoke Alignment — 4-Spoke Pass Coverage Versus Straight Drop Back Pass — 4-Spoke Pass Defense Versus the Action Pass — 4-Spoke Pass Defense Versus the Roll-Out Pass — 4-Spoke Coverage Versus a Flanker Set — Action Pass With a Flanker — 4-Spoke Coverage Versus a Floater — Action Pass With a Floater — PREDETERMINED ROTATION — Defensive Calls 44-45 for Secondary Rotation — Defensive Calls 48-49 for Secondary Rotation — Defensive Calls 38-39 for Secondary Rotation — STUNTING IN THE DEFENSIVE SECONDARY — “ Thunder ” — “ Robber ” — “ Gangster ” — “ Lightning ” — CONCLUSION
11. 11.CHAPTER 6 Our Kicking Game Techniques — THE PUNTING GAME — The Punter — The Center — Timing the Punter — Practicing the Punting Game — OUR SPREAD PUNT FORMATION — Spread Punt Line Splits — Spread Punt Blocking Rules — Spread Punt Coverage — OUR TIGHT PUNT FORMATION — OUR QUICK KICK FORMATION — Quick Kick Rules and Coverage — OUR PUNT RETURN — Punt Return Left — Our Middle Punt Return — OUR KICK-OFF AND ITS COVERAGE — Two Types of Kick-Offs — OUR KICK-OFF RETURN — Our Kick-Off Return Right — Our Middle Kick-Off Return — OUR ON-SIDE (SHORT) KICK — DEFENDING AGAINST AN ON-SIDE KICK — OUR EXTRA POINT AND FIELD GOAL PROTECTION — DEFENDING AGAINST A FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT — CONCLUSION
12. 12.CHAPTER 7 Our Offensive Running Game — BASIC PRINCIPLES AND REQUIREMENTS OF OFFENSIVE FOOTBALL — A Sound Offense — OUR OFFENSIVE TERMINOLOGY — OUR OFFENSIVE STANCE — Offensive Stance for Linemen — Offensive Stance for Center — Quarterback’s Stance — Halfback’s Stance — Fullback’s Stance — OFFENSIVE LINE SPLITS — The Pre-Shift Position — Our Basic Split Rules — OUR SNAP COUNT — Automatics — Faking the Automatic — THE OFFENSIVE HUDDLE — The Quarterback Controls the Team — THE QUARTERBACK’S TECHNIQUES — Taking the Snap-Back — After Receiving the Snap — Making the Exchange — Quarterback Faking — BALL CARRYING TECHNIQUES — Open Field Running Techniques — The Importance of Proper Mental Attitude — OUR BLOCKING TECHNIQUES — The Drive Block — The Reverse Shoulder Block — Blocking Linebackers — Downfield Blocking — The Post-Lead Block — The Trap Block — The Pass Protection ( Drop back pass ) — The Crack Back Block — The Junction Block — The Roll Block — NUMBERING THE DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENTS — Application of Our Blocking Rules — ATTACKING THE DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENT — GOING WIDE — The Run-Pass Option — The Quarterback Option — The Three-Way Option — Changing Offensive Blocking Assignments at the Line — CONCLUSION
13. 13.CHAPTER 8 Our Offensive Passing Game Techniques — THE PASSER — The Grip — The Release and Delivery — The Footwork — Individual Passing Principles and Techniques — PASS ROUTES — Flooding An Area — Offensive Pass Cuts — PASS RECEIVING — Release : — Approach (Man-for-man coverage): — Faking (types): — Run (immediately after faking to receive the ball): — Catching the Ball : — Running (after catching the ball): — CONCLUSION
14. 14.CHAPTER 9 Training the Quarterback — THREE TYPES OF QUARTERBACKS — FIELD POSITION — The “Must” Zone (Goal Line to 3-Yard Line) — The Three-Down Zone (3-Yard Line to 25-Yard Line) — The First Down Zone (20-Yard Line to 40-Yard Line) — The Free Wheeling Zone (40-Yard Line to 40-Yard Line) — The Scoring Zone (40-Yard Line to 20-Yard Line) — The Gut Zone (20-Yard Line to 4-Yard Line) — The Self-Scoring Zone (4-Yard Line to Goal Line) — Our Three MUSTS : — RECOGNIZING AND ATTACKING DEFENSES — Recognizing and Attacking an 8-Man Front — Recognizing and Attacking a 9-Man Front — Playing the Game on a Blackboard — THE QUARTERBACK’S GUIDE — Offensive, Defensive and Tactical Information — Game Strategy — CONCLUSION
15. 15.CHAPTER 10 Planning for a Game — OUT-OF-SEASON PLANNING — IN-SEASON PLANNING — Sunday’s Schedule — Monday’s Schedule — Tuesday’s Schedule — Wednesday’s Schedule — Thursday’s Schedule — Friday’s Schedule — Saturday’s Schedule — GRADING THE GAME FILM — CONCLUSION
16. 16.CHAPTER 11 Our Drills — DRILLS FOR THE SECONDARY — Defensive Cuts Drill (6-8 men): — Intercept Drill (8-10 men): — Tip Drill (8-10 men): — Running the Line Drill (6-8 men): — Covering Third-and-Fourths Drill (2 complete defensive secondaries): — Dog Fight Drill (For defensive halfbacks and corner men) (6-8 men): — Dog Fight Drill for Safety Man (8 men): — Outside Drill (15-25 men): — Big Tip Drill (2 complete secondaries): — Tackling Drill in the Secondary (8-10 men): — DRILLS FOR THE DEFENSIVE ENDS — Peel-Off Drill (10-12 men): — “Reading” Drills (8-12 men): — All Secondary Drills : — DRILLS FOR THE DEFENSIVE INTERIOR LINEMEN — Butt Ball Drill (8-10 men): — 4-on-1 Drill (6-8 men): — A & M Wave Drill (9-12 men): — 3-on-3 Drill (16-24 men): — Middle Drill (14-25 men): — 7-Man Spin-Out Drill (8-12 men): — Circle Drill (5-7 men): — Leverage Drill (8-12 men): — Explode Drill (9 men): — Defensive Reaction Drill (14-18 men): — Alabama Wave Drill (8-12 men): — Rushing the Passer Drill (12-16 men): — Gauntlet Drill (10-12 men): — Defensive Bucker (4-6 men): — DRILLS FOR THE LINEBACKERS — All Secondary Drills : — Eye-Opener Drill (8-12 men): — Eye-Closer Drill (12-15 men): — DEFENSIVE DRILLS FOR THE TEAM — CONCLUSION
17. 17.CHAPTER 12 Those Who Stay Will Be Champions — It’s All in a State of Mind
18. 18.Index

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